Manicuring device.



A. N. CLARK. MANICURING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 23. 1915.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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ALLISON N. CLARK, 0F PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

MANICURING DEVICE.

= trim finger nails.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the presentspecification I have shown in detall one convement form of embodiment ofthe invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice thesame" will be set forth fully in the following description. I do notrestrict myself to this particular disclosure; I may depart therefrom inseveral respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claimfollowing said description. In said drawings I have shown the manicuringdevice as incorporated in or forming part of what is known as amanicuring and envelop opener.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a manicure and envelop opener provided with amanicuring device involving the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of the manicuring device as seen from the side oppositethat appearing in Fig. 1, part of the shank being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking inthe direction of th arrow but with the bend up.

i Fig. 4 is a front view of the manicuring device.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the manicure and envelop openerillustrated in Fig. 1, representative of the manner of using themanicure device.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, Figs.2, 8 and 4 being on a larger scale than Figs. 1- and 5.

A manicuring device embodying the invention preferably has a shank orbody as 2. This shank as shown has connected with it the blade 3, thesurface 4 of which maybe roughened to present a file, the blade alsoacting as an envelop opener. The shank 2 is Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Mar. 2 0, 1917.

Application filed September 23, 1915. Serial No. 52,154.

pivoted as at 5 in and to the front end of the frame 6, the constructionbeing such that the nail trimming portion (hereinafter described) or theblade 3 can be swung into the space between the sides of the frame, saidblade being so illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5. The shank 2 with the nailtrimming portion and file portion are desirably made from sheet metal,being stamped from suitable stock. Owing to the fact that the shank withthe associated portions can be stamped from sheet metal, I can producethe manicuring device in an inexpensive manner, and owing to the novelconstruction of said trimming portion I can, notwithstanding the factthat sheet metal is used, provide a cutting edge or portion of someconsiderable depth.

The shank 2 at the end thereof opposite that equipped with the blade 3is deflected to produce an abrupt or pronounced bend 7, the deflectedportion or bend 7 being provided with a cutting edge as will behereinafter described. That side of the bend 7 appearing in Fig. 2 andwhich constitutes the active surface of the bend is united with theshank upon a curve 8, so that as the bend 7 is drawn along the nails fortrimming the same, the rounded or curved portion 8 will not cut into thenails or the flesh.

At the junction of the deflected portion 7 with the shank 2 there is anopening 9 which as illustrated is approximately of elliptical form, thelongitudinal axis of the opening or slot 9 being practically coincidentwith that of the shank 2. The nail to be trimmed is positioned in theopening or slot, one part of the nail resting practically against theinner wall of the slot 9 on that on the right in Figs. 2 and 3 so as toposition that part of the nail ,which is to be trimmed for proper actionby the cutting edge 10 at the lower edge of the front or outer wall ofsaid slot or opening 9.

Initially as I have already observed, the shank 2 is cut from suitablestock and the hole or slot at the same time made therein. The front endof the shank is then bent as at 7, so that the slot will be partially inthe bend and the remainder in the shank 2 practically centrally of theWidth thereof. The major part of the slot, however, is in the shankafter the bend 7 is formed up, and the hole or slot 9 is finished outwith the aid of a suitable tool, so that the rear end portion or wall ofthe slot or hole will be positioned approximately at right angles to thelongitudinal axis of the shank. As a result of this it will be seen thatthe rear portion of the hole 9, which carries the cutting edge 10 ismuch deeper than the front portion, in view of which circumstance Iproduce a cut ting edge of considerable depth, deeper in fact than thethickness or depth of the stock which is a point of considerableadvantage and enables me in fact to make the manicure device from sheetmetal which I find is the most inexpensive way to produce it. It will benoted I have described the fact that the slot or hole 9 is approximatelyelliptical. It is not exactly elliptical, because its outer end issomewhat pointed. It will be clear that the increase in depth of thecutting edge 10 over the thickness of stock is due to the bending of theshank as at 7 to produce a nail trimming head, and the location of therear wall of the slot at' approximately a right angle to thelongitudinal axis of the shank.

In use as shown in Fig. 5 the frame 6 with the blade 3 inclosed in it isheld at an angle and the nail to be trimmed is positioned in the slot oropening 9, the bend or head 7 virtually straddling the nail. By cantingor tipping the frame 6 the angle of presentation of the cutting edge 10to the nail can be varied to regulate the amount of nail to be takenofi. By drawing the bend 7 along the nail the cutting edge 10 can trimthe nail.

While the cutting edge 10 having the depth of stock back of it such asalluded to is highly advantageous, the fact that the shank 2 has thebend or head provided with nail trimming means upon it is in itself ofadvantage, in that this constitutes an advantageous way of trimming anail. V

The pointing of the opening or slot 9 at the outer end thereof aids inbeveling the knife edge 10 to which I have referred. It will beunderstood that this knife edgeis not limited to being at the very pointor outer end portion of the opening, but it extends on diverging linestoward the shank from said outer end.

There is an important advantage following the presence of thesubstantially elliptical hole 9. This hole freely receives and asreadily discharges the nail cuttings, so that there is no possibility ofthese cuttings clogging in said hole or opening. In consequence of thisthe proper cutting action of the cutting edge is in no wise interferedwith.

What I claim is:

A manicuring device comprising a flat sheet metal shank, terminating inan abrupt bend, said shank having a substantially e1 liptical opening,the line of the bend extending through the opening between the endsthereof, the forward end portion of the wall of the opening beingapproximately at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the shank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALLISON N. CLARK.

